Day: November 24, 2011

State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, November 23, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011.  Index for Today’s Briefing YEMEN Agreement for Transfer of Power in Yemen / Commend Gulf Cooperation Council Not able to Confirm Reports that Saleh will Travel to U.S. for Medical Treatment U.S. Contact with Yemini Government and Opposition Path Forward for Yemeni People / Urge Peaceful,[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty, November 23, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Cpl. Zachary C. Reiff, 22, of Preston, Iowa, died Nov. 21 of wounds suffered Nov. 18 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 3rd[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, November 22, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pvt. Jackie L. Diener II, 20, of Boyne City, Mich., died Nov. 21 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. [Read More…]

Embrace Community Not Consumption on #BuyNothingDay

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011.  As retailers compete to see who can open their doors the earliest without offending the sensibilities of the public, Americans have been questioning the very tradition of over-consumption. Occupy Black Friday, OccupyXMass and Buy Nothing Day actions are being held throughout the country and world as a way to[Read More…]

Occupy Chicago Events for Thanksgiving and Black Friday

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011.  ** Thursday 11/24 **
7am: State Street Occupation (State Street from Washington to Randolph) 9:30am: People’s Parade (Michigan & Congress)
 Occupy the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade:http://www.facebook.com/PressCOMM#!/events/294845043867734/ A call has gone out on Facebook to Occupy the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade on State Street, starting at 7am, from Washington to Randolph.[Read More…]

California Society Of Addiction Medicine Calls For The ‘Constructive Regulation’ Of Marijuana

San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011. The California chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicines (ASAM) has issued a paper calling for the legalization and regulation of the adult use of cannabis. The preliminary paper, entitled ‘Youth First: Reconstructing Drug Policy, Regulating Marijuana, and Increasing Access to Treatment in California,’[Read More…]

Occupy Seattle Occupies Wal-Mart

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011.  On Friday, November 25th, Occupy Seattle will join Occupy Tacoma, Occupy Bellingham and Occupy Everett in a statewide protest at Wal-Mart in Renton at 2:00pm. With its long history of mistreating workers and suppliers, its recent announcement of significant cutbacks on employee health care, and its[Read More…]

Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 23, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2011.  Japan Legislatures Passes $156 Billion for Rebuilding, Decontamination Industry/Regulatory/Political Japan’s Diet passed legislation to provide $156 billion in disaster reconstruction aid, the third time since the March earthquake that legislators have approved supplemental funding. Of the total, $3 billion is earmarked to fund radiation decontamination efforts,[Read More…]

Court Upholds Endangered Status for Grizzlies

Threats to key food source–the whitebark pine–central to continued protections LIVINGSTON, MONTANA–November 22, 2011. Grizzly bears living in the Yellowstone region won a reprieve today from efforts to remove federal endangered species protections from the population. A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously agreed that one of the grizzly’s[Read More…]

Some News Leaves People Knowing Less

Madison, NJ—(ENEWSF)—November 22, 2011. According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll, some news sources make us less likely to know what’s going on in the world. In the most recent study, the poll asked New Jerseyans about current events at home and abroad, and from what[Read More…]

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